# Import License Rights for an Existing Vendor Daemon

This procedure describes how to load license rights onto a license server from a license file when the license server already manages the vendor daemon. Please see the note about older license files and Vendor Daemon port numbers in Import a License File to Add a New Vendor Daemon.

| 1. | Obtain the license file from the software publisher and save the license file to a directory on either a client system or the license server.

| 2. | On a system which can access the location where you saved the license file, access the license server management interface (lmadmin) and log in as an Administrator.

| 3. | Click the Administration link, and then click the Vendor Daemon Configuration tab.

| 4. | Click the Import License button.

| 5. | In the Import License File page, click Browse to select the license file.

| 6. | Optionally, select the Overwrite License File on License Server check box. If a license file exists in the upload directory on the license server with the same name, the license server will overwrite that file.

| 7. | Click the Import License button. The license file will be copied to the configured directory on the license server. You can configure the directory that licenses are uploaded to using the lmadmin command line argument –uploadDir. See the License Administration Guide for details. Typically this location is configured when lmadmin is first installed and you will not need to alter it. You do not have to restart the license server and users can begin using these licenses as soon as the license rights are loaded.

| 8. | Load the license rights from the imported license file as follows:

| • | If Overwrite License File on License Server was selected, the updated license file will be reread automatically by the vendor daemon and users can begin using any new licenses once this reread has completed. The new licenses will also be displayed on the Dashboard.

| • | If Overwrite License File on License Server was not selected, then stop and start the vendor daemon. The new license file is read and the licenses it contains are loaded when the vendor daemon is started.

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